{"id":615,"date":"2013-11-01T10:02:33","date_gmt":"2013-11-01T15:02:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.theboaks.com\/camino\/?p=615"},"modified":"2013-11-01T12:27:34","modified_gmt":"2013-11-01T17:27:34","slug":"day-7a-el-ganso-to-ponteferada","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.theboaks.com\/camino\/day-7a-el-ganso-to-ponteferada\/","title":{"rendered":"Day 7a &#8211; El Ganso to Foncebad\u00f3n"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>We got off to an ok start and proceeded out of El Ganso and started up. We could see the mountains ahead. <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.theboaks.com\/camino\/wp-content\/uploads\/20131101-172345.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.theboaks.com\/camino\/wp-content\/uploads\/20131101-172345.jpg\" alt=\"20131101-172345.jpg\" class=\"alignnone size-full\" \/><\/a>As we walked up, we encountered a cute rock Perigrino and lots if autumn crocuses. <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.theboaks.com\/camino\/wp-content\/uploads\/20131101-181118.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.theboaks.com\/camino\/wp-content\/uploads\/20131101-181118.jpg\" alt=\"20131101-181118.jpg\" class=\"alignnone size-full\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.theboaks.com\/camino\/wp-content\/uploads\/20131101-181132.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.theboaks.com\/camino\/wp-content\/uploads\/20131101-181132.jpg\" alt=\"20131101-181132.jpg\" class=\"alignnone size-full\" \/><\/a>as we entered Rabanal del Camino we passed the Ernita de San Jos\u00e9.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.theboaks.com\/camino\/wp-content\/uploads\/20131101-181441.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.theboaks.com\/camino\/wp-content\/uploads\/20131101-181441.jpg\" alt=\"20131101-181441.jpg\" class=\"alignnone size-full\" \/><\/a><br \/>\nWe had lunch in Rabanal and decided that another 300 meters vertical was too much for us. We called a taxi. As we waited, I took a few pictures in the late 12 century church of Santa Mar\u00eda de la Asunci\u00f3n. <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.theboaks.com\/camino\/wp-content\/uploads\/20131101-181828.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.theboaks.com\/camino\/wp-content\/uploads\/20131101-181828.jpg\" alt=\"20131101-181828.jpg\" class=\"alignnone size-full\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.theboaks.com\/camino\/wp-content\/uploads\/20131101-181838.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.theboaks.com\/camino\/wp-content\/uploads\/20131101-181838.jpg\" alt=\"20131101-181838.jpg\" class=\"alignnone size-full\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.theboaks.com\/camino\/wp-content\/uploads\/20131101-181847.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.theboaks.com\/camino\/wp-content\/uploads\/20131101-181847.jpg\" alt=\"20131101-181847.jpg\" class=\"alignnone size-full\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>That brought us to Foncebad\u00f3n where we checked in to the Albergue Monte Irago. Before dinner, Susan napped and I took a walk. The town was completely abandoned in the 1990&#8217;s but is being reborn with the recent interest in the Camino. <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.theboaks.com\/camino\/wp-content\/uploads\/20131101-182201.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.theboaks.com\/camino\/wp-content\/uploads\/20131101-182201.jpg\" alt=\"20131101-182201.jpg\" class=\"alignnone size-full\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.theboaks.com\/camino\/wp-content\/uploads\/20131101-182300.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.theboaks.com\/camino\/wp-content\/uploads\/20131101-182300.jpg\" alt=\"20131101-182300.jpg\" class=\"alignnone size-full\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.theboaks.com\/camino\/wp-content\/uploads\/20131101-182317.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.theboaks.com\/camino\/wp-content\/uploads\/20131101-182317.jpg\" alt=\"20131101-182317.jpg\" class=\"alignnone size-full\" \/><\/a><br \/>\nNow the dinner.  We had a beautiful paella with fellow pilgrims from New York, Germany, Brazil, France and Spain. <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.theboaks.com\/camino\/wp-content\/uploads\/20131101-182517.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.theboaks.com\/camino\/wp-content\/uploads\/20131101-182517.jpg\" alt=\"20131101-182517.jpg\" class=\"alignnone size-full\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.theboaks.com\/camino\/wp-content\/uploads\/20131101-182533.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.theboaks.com\/camino\/wp-content\/uploads\/20131101-182533.jpg\" alt=\"20131101-182533.jpg\" class=\"alignnone size-full\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.theboaks.com\/camino\/wp-content\/uploads\/20131101-182545.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.theboaks.com\/camino\/wp-content\/uploads\/20131101-182545.jpg\" alt=\"20131101-182545.jpg\" class=\"alignnone size-full\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Another awesome albergue experience. We only walked about 6 km and taxied up to 1400 meters above sea level.<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"geolocation-link\" href=\"#\" id=\"geolocation615\" name=\"42.500462,-6.461211\" onclick=\"return false;\">Posted from here.<\/a><\/p>\n<div id=\"geo-post-615\" class=\"geo geo-post\" style=\"display: none\"><span class=\"latitude\">42.500462<\/span><span class=\"longitude\">-6.461211<\/span><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We got off to an ok start and proceeded out of El Ganso and started up. We could see the mountains ahead. As we walked up, we encountered a cute rock Perigrino and lots if autumn crocuses. as we entered Rabanal del Camino we passed the Ernita de San Jos\u00e9. 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